been watching Tintin lately; I saw some of it as a kid cause my dad has a couple of DVDs, but pretty much all of the 1992 animated adaptation is available on YouTube now!

It was actually a comic made by Belgian artist Hergé and was said to have helped popularize comics on a large scale in Europe.I haven't read the comics, haha, don't have the cash money to buy the albums (collections) atm, but this adaptation apparently sticks pretty close to the original stories and is rather accurate to the art style - which I LOVE omg. It's not mind-blowing, necessarily, but it's an adventure series and really fun to watch! I recommend at least trying one or two episodes.

aaanyway, I'm saying all this cause I tried to draw Tintin today. Didn't work too well - so hard to do the style justice! - but better than some of my previous attempts at least It's so deceptively simple, but actually requires more anatomical accuracy and posing intuition than you'd think...

here's what he's supposed to look like btw (camera's just a random prop, he usually doesn't have that)

I only ever heard of the movie. Never knew there was a whole series though. I never watched/read it.

I think it looks pretty good

Yeah, Spielberg made a pretty good adaptation imo, though it is divisive for some people. You should try watching some of the series! It's mostly adventure-based, really shines in the characters and details.

Loving the sketches; it's indeed amazing how a seemingly simple style has so much going on behind the scenes. It's also kinda interesting how much we seem to judge the complexities of something by the few features that we're accustomed to focus on sociologically (i.e. facial).

It's also kinda interesting how much we seem to judge the complexities of something by the few features that we're accustomed to focus on sociologically (i.e. facial).

You're right; the simplification can definitely streamline emotions and make them easier to read though - especially with limited space. Say, JRPG-style sprites like the ones used in TtM take advantage of this as well with the oversized heads and eyes.

Little criticism, though: The back of the hair looks a lot like skin colour.

Oh yeah... I ended up using white for the highlights, and red for the shading, so I guess layered on top of the orange it ended up being that color!

For some reason I was thinking about this: Tintin wears a white polo shirt under a blue sweater, over which he sometimes puts a brown suit jacket, and then every so often even a beige trench coat. That's four layers - five if he wears an undershirt! You'd think with all the action he gets himself into, he'd be way too hot in all those clothes (granted, he does take off extra layers sometimes. but not all the time.)

Some Professor Layton stuff. I'm so bad at puzzles, but I like the series anyway The stories are actually pretty good as well. And those cutscenes are gorgeous! I think I'm going to buy Layton's Mystery Journey once it comes out on the 3DS and not just on mobile.